 So you can imagine how it ruffled more than a few feathers when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently posted a draft regulation waiving penalties for certain companies that kill these birds as a course of doing business. Waivers for killing eagles have always been granted in special circumstances, but these permits, unlike previous ones, will allow for the killing of eagles for a lengthy 30 years. And what businesses will be granted such lethal waivers? Ironically, it's wind energy companies.